Climate twins of Mandan, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mandan's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Mandan vs its climate twin
Top match: South Heart, ND
| Month | Mandan | South Heart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.5°F | 2.7°F | 0.38 in | 26.5°F | 2.8°F | 0.40 in |
| February | 27.1°F | 6.4°F | 0.40 in | 30.6°F | 6.5°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 18.3°F | 0.59 in | 41.4°F | 16.8°F | 0.68 in |
| April | 54.1°F | 30.4°F | 1.27 in | 54.3°F | 28.1°F | 1.56 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 42.6°F | 2.59 in | 65.9°F | 39.5°F | 2.59 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 53.0°F | 3.44 in | 75.2°F | 49.6°F | 3.17 in |
| July | 82.6°F | 58.0°F | 3.24 in | 83.0°F | 55.1°F | 2.69 in |
| August | 81.8°F | 55.5°F | 2.19 in | 83.0°F | 52.8°F | 1.86 in |
| September | 72.1°F | 45.8°F | 1.64 in | 72.5°F | 42.5°F | 1.73 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 32.1°F | 1.47 in | 56.7°F | 29.0°F | 1.33 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 19.1°F | 0.63 in | 41.8°F | 17.4°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 27.4°F | 8.4°F | 0.52 in | 30.3°F | 6.6°F | 0.43 in |
Cities that consider Mandan their climate twin
These US cities have Mandan in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mandan would feel familiar.
- Buchanan, ND (ranks Mandan #1)
- Edgeley, ND (ranks Mandan #3)
- Ray, ND (ranks Mandan #1)
- Tioga, ND (ranks Mandan #1)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →